Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-14 | Page 1 | League's Committee Drafts New Plan to Halt Threat of Conflict by Asking Demands, Concession

V L Leagues League's eague I s' s C Committee tt ee D Drafts ra f ft t tN S 'S N New ew l lI t Plan to Halt Thre Threat t. t of Conflict By Asking Demands Demands' Concessions Concessions' Proposal to Provide Provid for Policing of Ethiopia BT By United Press GENEVA GEl Sept 14 14 The The League of oC Nations conciliation committee of live five ignoring the Italian cabinets cabinet's no compromise anno announcement to today to day devised a anew new plan to halt the threat of oC war wax between Italy and Ethiopia The committee prepared q questionnaires question question- sUon to be submitted to both na nations nations na- na na- na on their hopes and plans for lor forwar forwar war or peace Latest Attempt The committees committee's latest attempt to pin down P Premier Benito Bonito Mussolini Mussolini Mussolini Musso Musso- lini to a statement statement of what Ethiopian Ethi Ethl- concessions will induce him to forego war war i is a series ot qU questions Ito I- I r. to b both th Italy Italy ii and d Ethiopia Of Italy the committee committe would ask sk what concessions it demands I Of Ethiopia the committee would ask what concessions it would give to avoid armed invasion although submitting to the Laval plan of Int in international international In- In t control for tor Ethiopia which th the tho committee Is drafting The questionnaire would consist of 10 or 12 questions One deals with tho the establishment of an at international inter international inter Inter- national pollee police force torce in Ethi Ethiopia pia as suggested by Premier Pierre Laval Layal It reportedly seeks to ascertain Italy's Ideas as to the size of such a force torce and the proportion of Italians to be included In It it While tho the major committee considered considered considered con con- major steps in the crisis its subcommittee of ot five experts was vas drafting a report to be submitted to the committee on Tuesday September September Sep Sep- 17 Russia and Canada Join in Peace Move GENEVA Sept 1 14 UP Canada R-Canada Canada and soviet Russia embracing vast stretches of territory on opposite itc sides of tho globe joined tho the rally a around the league of at nations covenant cov coy on the bitter Italo quarrel today 4 0 George Howard Howardl Ferguson Canada's Canadas Canadas Canada's Canadas Canada's Can Can- adas ada's representative at Geneva told the tho league e assembly Canada cannot agree that any member of tho the league is warranted in resortIng resorting resort resort- Ing to war to enforce its Us claims in violation of its solemn pledges to seek and find a peaceful settlement for every dispute Canada hopes an Honorable and peaceful solution of tho the controversy Continued on Pile Pale Two I I LEAGUE GROUP i i. i FIXES NEW PLAN Continued from Pie Pare One i v will yet be reached he be said and t. t added If unfortunately this proves not notto notto IFS to be tho the case Canada will join j other ollier members of the league in conc considering con con- c how by unanimous action actIons peace can cai bo be maintained I Spokesmen for the tho little entente tho the Balkan entente the Baltic states and other nations of Europe I joined tho the rally swelling into imposing im im- lin- lin posing proportions ns' ns the protest 1 1 against an Italian invasion of Ethiopia Russia Backs Backa League Maxim Litvinoff Russia's spokesman spokes spokes- man told the ns assembly That for his hist t nation there Is only the question of defending the covenant of the league as the instrument of pf peace pea e. e He warned moreover that the c covenant c is not enough and created erea ere cre- a ted a s sensation by saying aying that certain certain tain thin bilateral pacts actually are designed for or security and aggression The Poles and Germans who heard his address h interpreted this remark as 4 an attack on Of the G Polish German treaty of n. n Litvinoff said that while Russia's pacts with he het- het neighbors neighbors neigh neigh- bors bor included a special clause for suspending the tho pact if aggression were were committed b by one of tho the partle par parr tics tle against a third state slate there are arc ot other er pacts which contain no such clause I. I This was regarded as an allusion f. f to the Polish-German Polish treaty 4 i Attack Permitted f The 1 e soviet spokesman said that r. r un under er such pacts a a. signatory obtained ob tamed the facility for attacking with impunity any third state rf No wonder advocates of such pacts ts stand also for the localization r of war he added Fortunately he said the theory of others security and aggression on w was common to but a a few countries and stigmatizes them before the whole world as probable disturbers disturber S I f of the peace pence